Butternut Wood
Term: Butternut Wood Butternut wood is a pale, lightweight hardwood often called white walnut. Its soft texture and straight grain make it one of the easiest hardwoods to ca...
Burnisher
Term: Burnisher A burnisher is a very hard, smooth tool (usually a steel or carbide rod) used to polish or «burnish» metal. In woodworking, burnishers are m...
Slip Strop
Term: Slip Strop A slip strop is a small, hand-held strop used for sharpening fine edges of carving tools. Typically made of leather or a similar abrasive s...
Carving Tool Roll
Term: Carving Tool Roll A carving tool roll is a roll-up pouch for storing and protecting carving tools. Usually made of canvas or leather, it has individua...
Knife Bevel
Term: Knife Bevel A knife bevel is the angled surface that tapers the knife’s side down to the cutting edge — the sloped part of the blade ground to form the sharp edge. If ...
Micro Carving Tools
Term: Micro Carving Tools Micro carving tools are very small, specialized carving tools used for the tiniest details. Essentially, they are miniature versions of standard ca...
Bench Knife
Term: Bench Knife A bench knife (sometimes just called a carving knife) is a general-purpose carving blade, but with a shorter blade and a design more like ...
U-gouge
Term: U-gouge A U-gouge (also just called a gouge) is a chisel with a U-shaped, semi-circular cutting edge. Its blade is curved like a half-cylinder, allowi...
Skew Chisel
Term: Skew Chisel A skew chisel is a wood carving chisel whose cutting edge is cut at an angle (skewed) to the handle. Instead of being square across the bl...